Author: Melinda Butterfield

ImaneKhelifvictory
Oppressed genders

Stand with Imane Khelif: Racism, misogyny and transphobia tarnish 2024 Olympics

August 10, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
 In the imperialist era, the Olympic Games were never just about athletics or international goodwill. The United States and other Western imperialist powers dominated the bodies that planned, organized and carried out these events, […]
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LGBTQ+

Pride 2024: Solidarity with Gaza

June 1, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
 Meet danger with resistance LGBTQIA+ people greet Pride Month this year with a mixture of joy, fear, and anger.  Joy at the annual celebration of our vibrant, diverse community and our struggle for liberation, […]
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Around the world

10 years of injustice: Anti-fascist leader recounts Odessa massacre

May 2, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
May 2 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the biggest crimes of 21st century fascism – the massacre of nearly 50 activists at the House of Trade Unions in Odessa, Ukraine. Despite extensive video […]
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Capitalism and Marxism

May Day 2024: Resist the witch-hunts!

May 1, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
On International Workers’ Day 2024, workers in the U.S. could swear that Senator Joe McCarthy and Minister Cotton Mather had returned from the dead. More than 35,000 Palestinians, including 14,000 children, have died in just […]
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Oppressed genders

Brooklyn: Community mobilizes to protect Trans Day of Visibility event

April 4, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
 Trans and queer activists and allies mobilized to defend a family Trans Day of Visibility event in Brooklyn, New York, on March 30. The event at Marsha P. Johnson State Park included arts and […]
WomensStrikeposter
Oppressed genders

A trans woman reflects on International Women’s Day

March 8, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
Two weeks ago, I had a gender-affirming surgery called an orchiectomy (google it if you’re curious). It’s rude and not a good idea for cisgender people to ask trans people, “Have you had x, y, […]
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Oppressed genders

Which side are you on? Far-right deepens threats to trans lives, Biden stays silent

January 27, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
You can’t use a restroom in a public building, your school, or the airport without facing jail or violence. The medication you rely on to stay alive is suddenly denied you.  You fear arrest for […]
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Palestine

Hands off Yemen! U.S.-British airstrikes support Gaza genocide

January 14, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
 On orders of President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the U.S. and Britain bombed Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, on the night of Jan. 11, in violation of international […]
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U.S. / NATO war

‘We focus on the liberation movement of Donbass and Ukrainian exiles’

December 20, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
 Presentation given at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 16, 2023. As we approach the two-year anniversary of the open military conflict between the U.S./NATO/Ukraine and Russia, it’s clear that the war […]
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In the U.S.

The fight for trans lives and building an anti-fascist front

December 20, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
 Excerpts from a presentation at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 16, 2023. It’s no exaggeration to say that the Oct. 7 National March to Protect Trans Youth was a milestone event […]